Role in that riot it was reported early totally unconfirmed that an armed insurrection quote beat a police officer to death with a fire extinguisher the government has even enlisted americans to turn in their own neighbors federal prosecutor michael sherwood on cbs news 60 minutes continued the quote shock and awe end of quote
Strategy many of my democrat colleagues oppose the quote shock and awe end of quote strategy in iraq we should similarly oppose its application against american citizens mr rosen you claimed that the doj would quote spare no resources end of quote mr rosen did the doj confiscate any firearms from suspects charged
With breaching the capital on january 6th congressman as i alluded to in my opening remarks there are certain limitations about pending investigations mr rosen i’ll be looking forward to asking that question of people that can answer it from the capitol police and the fbi but the answer is no
Zero firearms from suspects charged with breaching the capitol mr rosen was officer sicknick killed by rioters with a fire extinguisher congressman officer siknik was there acting in the line of duty and went into harm’s way and i think as as others have said uh he
Acted as one of many heroes on that day mr rosen i i i don’t think that he uh tear hero lightly he did heroically but he died of natural causes mr rosen was a single individual at or outside the capitol on january 6 have they been charged with the crime of insurrection
Again if you’re asking me about charges that uh were either made pending or being investigated mr grove sorry thank you once again position to address that once again mr rosen to my knowledge not a single person has been charged with a crime of insurrection mr rosen do you recall the name of the
Young lady a veteran wrapped in an american flag that was killed in the u.s capitol i do her name was ashley babbitt yes ashley babbitt was ashley babbitt armed uh again congressman i mean to be respectful of your observations but i just don’t want to talk about individual situations or
Reclaiming my time mr rosen no she wasn’t she was wrapped in a u.s flag was the death of ashley babbitt a homicide uh uh congressman i’m not trying to be unhelpful here but i just can’t i understand but i mean reclaiming my time as the death certificate says it was a homicide
Who executed ashley babbitt congressman i’m just going to have to say the same thing here that i don’t want to get into that thank you very much thank you very much i appreciate it now chief conte what are the rules of engagement at the dc protest
At dc protest sir yes yeah we uh the only time that uh we engaged in dawning riot gear that kind of thing is when in situations where there’s an actual attack that’s going on sir i’m not sure that uh well i appreciate it i appreciate you and thank you for your service
And chairwoman my constituents demand answers but the truth is being censored and covered up as a result the doj is harassing harassing peaceful patriots across the country without accurate answers conspiracies continue to form russia hoax promoter riot enabler and washington state representative pramala jaipal who objected to the electors
In 2016 without the required support of a senator filed an ethics complaint against me for the following for following the law under 3 usa code 15 the electoral count act which she herself failed at in 2016. 33 of my democratic colleagues even widely speculated that republican members of congress gave
Reconnaissance tours to protesters offering no proof whatsoever i have repeatedly asked for the capital footage from before and during january 6. such footage would provide answers could contain exculpatory evidence regarding the outrageous accusations against members of congress and most importantly exonerate the many americans who peacefully protested and
Never set foot in the capital mr rosen wouldn’t you agree that the security footage of a public building of public officials paid for by public taxpayers potentially containing exculpatory evidence should be provided to public defenders congressman i’m just going to have to refer to my opening remarks again
There are certain questions i have here i’m doing i believe the american public should see that footage madam chairwoman i must i and the american people commend you for holding this hearing it’s if my democratic colleagues really want the truth they would join me in demanding the release of these capital
Surveillance footage on and the proceedings of january 6. i yield back thank you daniel’s back i now uh recognize the gentlewoman from the district of columbia ms norton you are now recognized for five minutes
